couple days ago i blacked out my headlights per these instructions:
http://www.filtsai.com/accord/housings/index.php
i didn't take any pics to document the process, but it went just like that link describes.
i started at about 4PM, finished at around 8PM and only about an hour was waiting for paint to dry.
one of my headlights had a TON of dust in it, so i was originally just going to take apart that one and clean it.
i unfortunately decided to use a scotch brite pad, and it started taking off the reflective material =(
the reflective material was already in pretty bad shape, so i decided to take them both apart and black them out. i used gloss black krylon fusion.
i didn't mask off the reflective area around the turn signal, but now that i have them on it's as i'd hoped, not that big of a deal.
it's just the amber lights, so doesn't affect visibility much, and turn signal is still easily noticeable for other drivers.
when trying to pry the headlights apart, i found that 300 degrees for a shorter period of time, seemed to work better, but both headlights took a few rounds in the oven to get apart.
when i put them back together i just threw them back in the oven and then squished them together until the tabs were on.
seems to be working fine, no condensation problems yet.
the main problem that i ran into, is that by the time i was ready to put everything back together, it was dark, and it had snowed 2-3 inches (and was still snowing)!
obviously this made re-assembly a real pain, and took much longer than it should have.
here's pics, ignore the very dirty car, it snowed last night and there's tons of salt on the roads.
http://www.filtsai.com/accord/housings/index.php
i didn't take any pics to document the process, but it went just like that link describes.
i started at about 4PM, finished at around 8PM and only about an hour was waiting for paint to dry.
one of my headlights had a TON of dust in it, so i was originally just going to take apart that one and clean it.
i unfortunately decided to use a scotch brite pad, and it started taking off the reflective material =(
the reflective material was already in pretty bad shape, so i decided to take them both apart and black them out. i used gloss black krylon fusion.
i didn't mask off the reflective area around the turn signal, but now that i have them on it's as i'd hoped, not that big of a deal.
it's just the amber lights, so doesn't affect visibility much, and turn signal is still easily noticeable for other drivers.
when trying to pry the headlights apart, i found that 300 degrees for a shorter period of time, seemed to work better, but both headlights took a few rounds in the oven to get apart.
when i put them back together i just threw them back in the oven and then squished them together until the tabs were on.
seems to be working fine, no condensation problems yet.
the main problem that i ran into, is that by the time i was ready to put everything back together, it was dark, and it had snowed 2-3 inches (and was still snowing)!
obviously this made re-assembly a real pain, and took much longer than it should have.
here's pics, ignore the very dirty car, it snowed last night and there's tons of salt on the roads.
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